The Butler
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The Butler

(2013)Directed by Lee Daniels132 min · PG-13Drama
“One quiet voice can ignite a revolution.”

How does a sharecropper's son who grew up serving the white family that wrecked his own end up working inside the White House? Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker) gets there through years as a hotel valet so quiet and exact that the people he serves stop seeing him, and over the decades he waits on one president after another. At home, his wife Gloria (Oprah Winfrey) drinks and his son Louis (David Oyelowo) joins the movement. Lee Daniels keeps the camera on the family.

Forest Whitakeras Cecil Gaines
Oprah Winfreyas Gloria Gaines
David Oyelowoas Louis Gaines
John Cusackas Richard Nixon
Jane Fondaas Nancy Reagan
Cuba Gooding Jr.as Carter Wilson
Mariah Careyas Hattie Pearl
Lenny Kravitzas James Holloway
Aml Ameenas Cecil Gaines (15)
Michael Rainey Jr.as Cecil Gaines (8)
James Marsdenas John F. Kennedy
Alex Pettyferas Thomas Westfall
Vanessa Redgraveas Annabeth Westfall
Alan Rickmanas Ronald Reagan
Liev Schreiberas Lyndon B. Johnson
Robin Williamsas Dwight H. Eisenhower
Yaya DaCostaas Carol Hammie
David Banneras Earl Gaines
Colman Domingoas Freddie Fallows
Nelsan Ellisas Martin Luther King Jr.
Nealla Gordonas Senator Kassebaum
Elijah Kelleyas Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Minka Kellyas Jackie Kennedy